In a tiny gymnasium at Foisia Park in Carson, California, an eclectic group of women ranging in age from 14 to 56 line up in rows, ready for instruction at their first siva Samoa (Samoan dance) lesson ...
Half a century ago, in a mostly white neighborhood in Buena Park, there lived a woman who had brown skin and didn’t speak any English. One day, her daughter’s high-school talent-show committee invited ...
The Mele Kini Polynesian Dance Studio was established in 1975 by Dottie Pranzatelli and Mary Jayne Anspach. Pranzatelli began her dancing career as a student with the Kealoha Studios, now located in ...
Since her baby Lily was born 1 1/2 years ago, Kristy Flanagan-Rubio has been swaying her hips and moving her arms and legs to drop 45 of her 50 pregnancy pounds. “It’s my only form of exercise,” said ...
Tésia Worley wiggles her hips on an exercise ball during a Hulaerobics class at the Kalihi YMCA. Instructor Crystal Gancinia leads Hot Hula Fitness class, held at Hauula Community Park. The class ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and, even though New Mexico is thousands of miles away from any Polynesian islands, a local dance school has found a way to ...
Hula in Hillsboro: First Polynesian dance classes at Walters Cultural Arts Center start this October
A few dozen dancers from Hula HAlau 'Ohana Holo'oko'a, taught by Lisa Chang, performed at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at Magnolia Park in Hillsboro as part of the free Springs at Tanasbourne Concerts ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and a local dance studio is giving New Mexico a taste of the tropics. Ka Lā Kapu Polynesian Dance Studio is bringing the ...
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